Daily Current Affairs Quiz: December 30 2022

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• As per the report, there were 4,12,432 unfortunate incidences of road accidents during 2021 which claimed 1, 53,972 lives and caused injuries to 3, 84,448 persons.
• This report has been developed by reporting, management, claim processing and analysis of road accident data by using the Integrated Road Accident Database (iRAD) system.

What is iRAD?

• It is an initiative of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH)and is funded by World Bank, to improve road safety in the country.
• This will facilitate road accident data collection by 4 stakeholder departments; Police, Transport, Highways and Health Departments.
• Through a collection of road accident data from all over the country, a road accident database will be developed. The collected data will be analysed using different data analytics techniques for the identification of accident-prone areas and the causes of the accidents.
• The analysis output will be represented in appropriate dashboards, access to higher authorities of stakeholder departments and MoRTH. And accordingly, a strategy will be formed for the reduction of the number of road accidents in India and to enhance road safety.

ANSWER: D

• BSF ‘Prahari’ app is a great example of Proactive Governance, now Jawans can get personal and service related information, housing, Ayushman-CAPF and leave related information on their mobile.
• Other features of the app include:
  • Availability of Bio Data
  • Grievance redressal on “Centralized Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System” (CP-GRAMS)
  • information on various welfare schemes.
• The app will also connect the Jawans with the portal of the Ministry of Home Affairs.

The Border Security Force (BSF)

• It is India’s border guarding organisation on its border with Pakistan and Bangladesh.
• It is one of the seven Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF)of India, and was raised in the wake of the 1965 war on 1 December 1965.
• It comes under the Ministry of Home Affairs.
• BSF contributes its personnel every year for UN Missions.

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• Rajasthan has a huge potential to become a ‘cluster of shipping containers’ to bridge the widening demand-supply gap as currently India is manufacturing only 10,000 shipping grade containers per year as against the requirements of 1,50,000 containers in the next three years.
• Currently, the Container Corporation of India (CONCOR) has a fleet of 3,700 containers, but the entire fleet catering to the domestic segment is imported to China.
• Hence, Rajasthan has a huge potential of becoming a cluster of shipping containers’, a study conducted by the MSME-EPC revealed (Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises–Export Promotion Council).
• “While the global shipping container market is growing at a CAGR of 12 per cent, by 2028, it is likely to touch Rs 1.75 lakh crore. India has a shortage of shipping grade containers as a result of which shipping lines often increase their rates phenomenally severely impacting India’s export/import supply chain and competitiveness of industry,” MSME-EPC said.

CONCOR

• It was incorporated in March 1988 under the Companies Act and commenced operation from November 1989.
• From its humble beginning, it is now an undisputed market leader having the largest network of 81 ICDs/CFSs in India (73 terminals and 8 strategic tie-ups).
• In addition to providing inland transport by rail for containers, it has also expanded to cover management of ports, air cargo complexes and establishing cold-chain.
• It has played an important role of promoting containerization in India through its modern rail wagon fleet, customer friendly commercial practices and extensively used Information Technology.

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• Embracing new technology, the Indian Army inaugurated its first ‘3D’ printing technology-based house for soldiers at Ahmedabad. The unit has a ground floor and first floor configuration.
• The Military Engineering Services (MES) has done the construction in collaboration with a private company MiCoB Private Limited using the latest ‘3D rapid construction technology’.
• The construction work of the dwelling unit measuring 71 square metre (some 710 square yards) with garage space was completed in just 12 weeks by utilising the 3D printed foundation, walls and slabs.
• The disaster-resilient structures comply with Zone-3 earthquake specifications and green building norms.
• The 3D printed houses are symbolic of the modern-day rapid construction efforts to cater to growing accommodation requirements of the Armed Forces personnel.
• The technique uses a concrete 3D printer that accepts a computerised three-dimensional design and fabricates a 3D structure in a layer-by-layer manner by extruding a specialised type of concrete specifically designed for the purpose.
• Indian Army units have already started using 3D printing technology in construction of pre-casted permanent defences and overhead protection meant for operations. These structures are currently being validated over a period of one year and are incorporated in all terrains, the recent one being in Ladakh.

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• National Health Authority (NHA) has released a beta version of the lightweight, robust, and  Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission-compliant Hospital Management Information System (HMIS).
• It envisions providing a digital platform for healthcare providers, particularly focusing on private clinics and small health facilities.
• This beta version will allow doctors to generate and fetch Ayushman Bharat Health Accounts for patients as well as to manage their calendars, appointments, and patient details in a single window.
• It will also facilitate e-prescription services and view previous health records and prescriptions for registered patients and take video consultations.
• This is also expected that it will digitize small clinics and improve the discoverability of healthcare providers in India.
• The NHA is also inviting healthcare providers to participate in its beta-testing and share their feedback.

About HMIS

• Health Management Information System (HMIS) is a Government to Government (G2G) web-based Monitoring Information System that has been put in place by Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW), Government of India to monitor the National Health Mission and other Health programmes and provide key inputs for policy formulation and appropriate programme interventions.
• HMIS has been utilised in Grading of Health Facilities, identifications of aspirational districts, review of State Programme Implementation Plan (PIPs), etc.
• The analytical reports generated through HMIS also provides gap analysis and evidence based course correction.
• HMIS was launched in October 2008. Currently, around 2 lakh health facilities (across all States/UTs) are uploading facility wise service delivery data on monthly basis, training data on quarterly basis and infrastructure related data on annual basis on HMIS web portal.
• HMIS captures facility-wise information as follows:
  • Service Delivery (Reproductive, Maternal and Child Health related, Immunisation family planning, Vector borne disease, Tuberculosis, Morbidity and Mortality, OPD, IPD Services, Surgeries etc. data) on monthly basis.
  • Training Data (Trainings imparted to Medicals and Paramedics staff at District and State level data) on quarterly basis.
  • Infrastructure (Manpower, Equipment, Cleanliness, Building, Availability of Medical Services such as Surgery etc., Super Specialties services such as Cardiology etc., Diagnostics, Para Medical and Clinical Services etc. data) on annual basis.
• The HMIS Portal facilitates the flow of physical performance from the Facility level to the Sub-district, District, State and National level using a web based Health Management Information System (HMIS) interface. The portal provides periodic reports on the status of the health services performances and Human Resources and Infrastructure services facilities available.

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• Two villages near the China border in tribal district of Lahaul and Spiti — Gue and Lalung — have been selected under the Vibrant Villages Programme (VVP) by the Central Government for development purpose.
• An exercise by the Kaza administration to collect necessary data on the development requirements of people in these villages has been initiated.
• A committee has been formed, comprising officials of Tourism, Art and Culture, Education, Jal Shakti, Health and other departments to conduct a survey of these villages to assess the necessary requirements of villagers. A detailed report of the survey would be submitted to the Centre within a month for further action.
• Kaza ADC Abhishek Verma said a DGP-rank officer of the Centre and a Director-level officer of the Textile Ministry had conducted a survey in Spiti valley to select the border villages in this district under the programme.
• The ADC said earlier, of the 13 gram panchayats of the Spiti valley, 12 were selected under the Border Area Development Programme (BADP). The administration had requested the Centre to include the one which was left.
• In a majority of states or districts, only one border village was selected under the programme. However, Lahaul and Spiti is the only district of which two villages have been selected under the programme to provide necessary development and infrastructure to stop migration of people out of the border villages,” he said.
• The Finance Minister had announced the programme in her Budget speech this year. The programme envisages coverage of border villages on the Northern border having sparse population, limited connectivity and infrastructure, which are often deprived of development projects. Convergence of existing schemes is proposed under the VVP.
• The Centre is implementing the BADP through the state governments/UT administrations in habitations located within 0 to 10 km from the first habitation at the International Border in 460 border blocks of 117 border districts in 16 states and two UTs.
• These include Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, J&K (UT) and Ladakh (UT).
• Under the BADP, annual action plans of the states/UTs consisting of works related to village infrastructure such as roads and bridges, health, education, agriculture, sports, drinking water and sanitation etc. are considered and approved as per the BADP guidelines.

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• Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu visited Model Children Home and Old Age Home, Nari Sewa Sadan, at Mashobra and the Institute for Children with Special Abilities (ICSA) at Dhalli, Shimla. He took stock of the facilities being provided to the inmates and directed officers to ensure best facilities to them.
• The CM said the government would provide festive allowance to the inmates of such institutions run by the government.
• The three integrated social welfare institutions would be opened in different parts of the state to provide state-of-the-art facilities to destitute women, orphans and differently abled children.
• He said he had directed the departments concerned to ensure proper planning, designing of the buildings to be constructed for such institutions.

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